Study of the prevalence and pattern of fungal pneumonias in respiratory intensive care units

Abstract Background Fungal pneumonia is an infectious process in the lung caused by one or more endemic or opportunistic fungi. Fungal infection occurs following the inhalation of spores, after the inhalation of conidia, or by the reactivation of a latent infection. Hematogenous dissemination freque...

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Main Authors: Mona M. Ahmed, Ayman A. Farghaly, Riham H. Raafat, Waleed M. Abd Elsattar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-10-01
Series:The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.4103/ejb.ejb_37_19